Trajectory Planning not working reliably
I've been trying to get the Trac-IK to work, since the default solver didn't work very well for me. But now that I'm using Trac-IK, there is no real improvement. It only finds a solution 1 in 5 times,...
View ArticleBest laptop hardware for real-time Moveit arm control
Hey ROS community, I am researching for a good laptop for real-time path planning and execution. Does someone has any recommendation regarding the hardware? Are MACs any good for that? Thank you!!
View ArticleCollision checking for arbitrary poses using MoveIt! / PlanningSceneMonitor
I am having trouble figuring out the best way to check a bunch of poses for collisions (e.g., I have a self-made trajectory that I want to validate using the ```robot_description``` in conjunction any...
View ArticleMoveIt octomap not displaying in rviz (ROS indigo)
Hi everyone, I am working with **ROS INDIGO**, a **Sawyer** robot (Rethink robotics), a **Kinect v1**, and **MoveIt**, on a Human-Robot Collaboration project. After installing MoveIt, I have edited...
View ArticleMoveIt perception - Failed to configure updater of type PointCloudUpdater
I'm attempting to load an existing pointcloud into moveit but it keeps throwing an error. Specifically, it says "Failed to configure updater of type PointCloudUpdater" Here's the console output...
View Articlemoveit collision avoidance
I am using default IK planner (KDLplugin) for planning the path for ABB_IRB4600 robot using moveIt RViz plugin. When i import an object and make the robot movement to avoid that object by publishing...
View ArticleHelp setting end effector in MoveIt
Hello, I'm using MoveIt to move a hexapod robot. My question, is what should the end effector be in the case of a hexapod? I know that each leg has an end-effector, and I already can control each leg...
View Articlemoveit urdf interactive marker wrong
I built an urdf file. After I import it in MoveIt.Something strange happen, the interactive marker if far from the end effector.
View ArticleWill using Moveit for a fixed-wing be problematic?
I am a beginner to moveit and would appreciate feedback on the suitability of moveit for my use case (a fixed-wing aircraft). I have seen that it is possible to use moveit! to plan paths and avoid...
View Articlemove group execution error
Hi, I am trying to go over this (https://www.wilselby.com/research/ros-integration/3d-mapping-navigation/) to be able to use MoveIt for quadrotor navigation simulation. When I execute the planned path...
View ArticleERROR: can't locate node in package [gazebo_ros]
Hello~ I'm new in ROS and am learning it by the tutorials.However,there were some errors when I followed the [Tutorial: Using a URDF in Gazebo](http://gazebosim.org/tutorials/?tut=ros_urdf). Everthing...
View Articlenao_dcm_bringup problem
Hello everyone, I am trying to use MoveIt! freamwork with Nao, but when i type the following command roslaunch nao_dcm_bringup nao_dcm_H25_bringup_remote.launch I got this rocess[naoqi_dcm_driver-3]:...
View ArticleHow can I set and get the velocity of the joints in the joint space.
When I use moveit to control my robot in jointspace, something is wrong with the trajectory. ``` [ERROR] [1496392685.974570252]: Invalid Trajectory: start point deviates from current robot state more...
View ArticleMoveit Tutorials pick place tutorial on Baxter
Hello, I am working on this code https://github.com/ros-planning/moveit_tutorials/blob/indigo-devel/doc/pr2_tutorials/pick_place/src/pick_place_tutorial.cpp#L6 . The code is already implemented on...
View ArticleMoveit Path Constraint Failure
I'm using the moveit_commander interface on the Fetch robot and trying to add a path constraint. Here's some example code: constraints = Constraints() oc = OrientationConstraint() oc.link_name =...
View Articletry to build source moveit with source installed ompl
I am trying to introduce one new planner to my ompl. This is the reason that I need to install source ompl. I successfully built source ompl but failed when I tried to build moveit. Here is my reuslt...
View Articleuse source ompl library
In order to introduce new planner into ompl, I need to compile and install source ompl code. Actually I successfully installed my modified ompl library but I got in trouble when I tried to build my...
View ArticleChange of URDF type results in error in MoveIT setup assistant.
Hello, I am trying to met my URDF to work in MoveIT through the setup assistant. I have exported the URDF from Solidworks based on the models of the robot arm that I have. The URDF looks like this:...
View ArticleMoveit planning inaccurate?
Hello there, I'm trying to save robot positions to xml files, load them into an interface and make plans through the stored states. However, i just loaded a pose into my program, planned and executed a...
View ArticleIssue using moveit::planning_interface::MoveGroup::setPoseTarget with...
I am having a confusing issue when trying to set pose targets wrt a frame other than the chain's end effector link. I can set and get the poses specifying the end_effector_link argument successfully...
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